The Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút is fought between Tây-Sơn (Vietnamese) and Siamese forces in present-day Tiền Giang Province on January 20, 1785.
It is considered one of the greatest victories in Vietnamese history.
“The lack of a sense of history is the damnation of the modern world.”
― Robert Penn Warren, quoted by Chris Maser (1999)